Four killed in Allahabad railway station stampede

Four people were killed and over a dozen injured when the railing of a foot overbridge at Allahabad railway station collapsed Sunday evening due to rush of passengers, district officials said.

A cane charge-prompted stampede preceded the incident at 7.15 p.m. on platform number 6 of the railway station in the city which hosted over three crore devotees at the Kumbh Mela during the day, they said.